Mmm. Where am I? Ugh, my head is throbbing. I look at my surroundings and it's pitch dark. Oh yeah, now I remember. I was chased by these thugs and hid in this barrel. Cautiously, I push the lid of my hiding spot. Pat! Pat! Suddenly, I hear footsteps coming. I cover my mouth, hold in my breath, keeping as quiet as I possibly could. Thing is, it wasn't quiet enough. The lid keeping me hidden is lifted off, then I see a young man staring down at me. Surprised, he jumps back, and I slowly pop myself out of the barrel. The young man had sun-kissed hair, honey eyes, a white shirt with sleeves to his elbow and a cut, a red scarf tied loosely around his neck, a black arm band on his right hand, black shorts over his knee, a dark grey scarf for a belt, and sandals. He stares at me, then mumbles, "Booze turned into a woman, Nathan'll be mad." I stare in confusion, when a vice calls out,
"Thomas! What's taking so long for you to-" The man stops short once he sees me. He had greenish brown hair, brown eyes, tanned skin, a white T-shirt with a V cut with a turquoise camisole under it, black arm bands from his wrist to 2/3 to his elbow, a black apron around his waist with a chain and sickle hanging on it, black trousers, and green tall boots almost to his knee. His expression is shocked at first, then changes into a very irritated one.
"Nathan, I-"
"Quiet!" He cuts the man named Thomas in the middle of his sentence. Roughly, the man named Nathan, picks me up out of the barrel and tosses me over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
"Hey, put me down," I protest as I beat my fist on his shoulder blade.
"I said quiet!" he yells back. I clamp my mouth shut at the sound of his tone. I better be good, I'm not in my territory anymore, and it looks like I shouldn't underestimate this guy. A few seconds later, he pushes open a door, leading into a room filled with medical supplies and a few cots. Meaning, the infirmary. "Nathan" then plops me onto a nearby chair.
"Hey Doc, ya got a patient," he calls to a dark man with short, fizzy black hair, chocolate eyes, a white long sleeved shirt with the top buttons undone, a necklace with a blue jewel, a blue cloth loosely tied around his waist with a necklace with a red jewel tucked into it, black trousers, and tall brown boots. He smiles gently, taking a seat in front of me.
"Well, this is the prettiest patient I've seen in a while," he says. My body relaxes a bit at the compliment he gives me. Well, it's nice to know there a kind people here.
"I think she may have hit her head," Nathan explains bluntly. I look at him quizzically.
"How did you know that?" I ask him.
"It's sticking out like a worm out of hole," he replies plainly. Ugh, couldn't he have said that in a nicer way.
"Nathan, don't be rude," I hear the dark man say. Nathan huffs and walks out the door. "Don't worry, the people on this ship are good. Now may I see that bump please?" I nod my head, then I realize something. Ship?
"Wait, where am I?" I question frantically. The doctor looks at me.
"You're on our ship," he answers me. "Or did you not know that," He goes up to a fridge in the corner of the room, and pulls out an icepack.
"Oh no, oh, Mom's gonna freak out," I say panicked. "Um, what time of the day is it?"
"It evening already," he says looking at me worriedly. My eyes widen.
"I was asleep in that barrel for that long. Forget freaked out, my mom's gonna commit suicide!" I say, putting my face in the palms of my hands. Doc holds the icepack towards me.
"Here put this on your head. That bump is small, but more or less the ice will help it go down faster," he tells me kindly. "Poor thing, ended up on our ship unintentionally."
"Thanks."
"You're welcome, but I think I need to let the others know your here, especially the captain," he explains briefly. He holds out his hand. I stare at it for a second and sigh. Might as well get it over with. I mean, how bad could be?
A few moments later...
"A stowaway."
"A woman?"
"On the ship?" a bunch of complaining voices fill my ears. Ok, I take it back. Seems like it could get very bad. One, the crew doesn't seem to happy about a female on the ship. Two, they're all pirates. And three, I actually ended up on the infamous pirate ship, The Sirius.
"Mmm," I turn my head at a man with shoulder length messy brown hair, hazel eyes, tanned skin, a black captain hat with white feathers and a gold strip around it, white shirt with puffy sleeves, a very long crimson coat thrown over his shoulders with golden accessories, a moss green scarf around his waist, black trousers, and brown boots over his knees.. He scratches his chin with a stern look on his face.
"Hey you," a voice calls. I turn my head to a man with dark brown, windblown hair. Wait, I've seen him before, but where? "I'll give you two choices. One, you can walk the plank or I could shoot you." CHACK! He pulls out a gun from his coat. The heck, what kinds of choices are that!? I'll practically still die in the process either way!
"Eduardo, stop scaring her," the doctor says standing in front of me with a stern face.
"You're too nice to women Doc," he sighs, putting his gun back. Suddenly, a man with dirty blonde hair, a white puffy long sleeved shirt, navy blue vest, black trousers, and brown knee tall boots comes up to me. Oh, I've seen him before too.
"Hmm," he mumbles. Why is he staring at me so intensely?
"What? Do I have something on my face?"
"Ya call this a woman? I'd call this a scrawny shrimp pulled right out of the sea," He smirks. Ugh, so many obnoxious and rude people, and what is it with everyone wearing white shirts anyway? I've seen, one, two... five! Five men with white shirts. Then the man's voice speaks again, pulling me out a of my thoughts. "Huh, no thug at a bar would ever wanna make a move on this scrawny fishbone, even if they were drunk." Ugh, another bad insult to go with the rest of my collection.
"Speak for yourself Russell," The man with the gun scoffs. Then the two begin bickering. Mmm, these two men, gun, thug, bar? Oh, I got it!
"You two were the ones who saved me at the bar!" I exclaim. The six men look a me confused.
"Yo, Eduardo, Russell, you sure you don't know this girl?" Nathan questions, leaning his back up against a wall. The two stop they argument, and the man, Eduardo, comes up to me and stares at my face.
"Nope, never seen her in my entire life, How bout' you Russell?" he says bluntly. Russell comes up to me and peers at my face.
"Nope, me neither." Out of the blue, the man with the beard speaks up.
"Men, I have decided," he speaks up, he puts his arm around my shoulder. "This woman is a new member of the Sirius crew!"
"What!" we all say in unison.
"Captain, are you crazy!? A woman on the Sirius!?" Russell exclaims. The other men nod in agreement, and so do I.
"I mean are you serious?" Eduardo questions. The captain smiles.
"Of course I'm serious," he emphases. Then he turn to me. " Yo Woman."
"It's Sakura," I imply.
"No need for the minor details. You will be a part of this crew whether you like it or not," He tells me with a stern face. I my eyes widen, then I look down. Does that mean I can never see my parents or brother again? As if reading my mind, the captain says, "We might also drop into the port of Yamato, when I feel like it." My face lightens up immediately. Then I look up at the captain with a defeated expression.
"Fine, I'll be part of your crew, but I'm only doing this so I can someday go back to Yamato," I say plainly. The captain nods in satisfaction. Then remembers something.
"There are three strict rules on the Sirius ya need to know, first, protect your buddy with your life. Second, never let women or children get harmed. And three, we party till dawn when it's a full moon!" he informs me. I nod my head in understanding. "Now comes the question on where will you sleep or who will you sleep with." I tilt my head in confusion. "Ya see, we have no more empty rooms, so ya gonna have to share with someone." What! I have to share a room with a guy I hardly just met. No way... "So who's it gonna be?"
Author's note:
Hey guys, so how do you like it so far? Sorry I had to leave it at a cliffhanger. But I think you know who her roommate is going to be. Anyway, I tried really hard to make the boys characteristics the same as the game, so tell me if you think something's wrong or give me a suggestion. Please leave reviews so I can get ideas or I can get encouragement to keep writing constantly because I have this time where I'm too lazy to write anything sorry. Anyway, pleases review and enjoy it. Thanks for the support...
-Suri Sakurazawa